Saskatoon Chutney
Description
Circling back to the saskatoon bumper crop of 2025, I strongly considered jam…until I found this on Kitchen Frau. So amazing! She calls hers Saskatoon Pickle, but since I think of this kind of grilled meat/sausage/cheese sidekick as chutney, that’s how I’ll always remember it. What’s below is a half-ish recipe of the original and it provided me with 3, 500 mL jars. I have the freezer space, so I didn’t bother with processing, I labeled and froze this goodness – enjoy!
Ingredients
8 c. (about 1140 grams) saskatoon berries, picked over and rinsed – I used frozen
1 c. (200 g) sugar AND 1 c. apple cider vinegar, divided
1/2 t. EACH cinnamon, ground ginger, cloves AND sea salt
1 t. freshly ground pepper
3 T. (23 g) cornstarch
Instructions
In a large pot, stir together all of the sugar, 3/4 cup of the vinegar and the 5 spices, then bring this mix to a boil. Reduce the heat, simmer and stir for a few minutes until the sugar has completely dissolved, then carefully add in all of the saskatoons.
Bring this new mix back to a boil, reduce the heat again and cook and stir until the berries are thawed and jammy and most have burst. While the berries are cooking, stir/whisk the cornstarch into the remaining 1/4 cup of vinegar in a small bowl, taking care to make sure all of the cornstarch is dissolved. Use a spatula to scrape the cornstarch mix into the simmering berries and then stir until the chutney has come back to a boil and thickened up. This will be obvious, and the juices should be clear.
As I mentioned, I skip the processing step but feel free to do as you please (use solid instructions to make sure your jars are processed safely and properly!). I poured/scraped my chutney into 3, 500 mL sterilized jars, then sealed and labeled them and left them to sit on the counter to cool completely before checking/tightening the seals and popping them into the freezer. Our current favorite use of Saskatoon Chutney is as a sidekick to Porchetta, as a chicken or pork sandwich topper, or with any grilled sausage.
